Amaya sat, quietly watching her pot and once it had boiled for around eleven minutes (she counted "one-one thousand, two-one thousand" etcetera since she didn't have a watch) she carefully transferred the water into her canteens, filling up one and a half of them. She then closed the full and partially full canteens and dumped the, now luke-warm rocks, onto the ground before going to fill up the pot again and fishing out the new stones from the fire to set the new water boiling. She then sat back and resumed counting. She could feel Tai fighting sleep, but left him be. Finally it was done and she used the water to fill up the rest of the half-full canteen as well as the still-empty one. Throughout this whole process Alopexmon simply lay beside her, watching quietly.
Content that her job was done Amaya began to pack up her supplies back into her shoulder bag, including the-now full-canteens. As she was packing she head Tai start to yawn, he had been yawning off and on for a while, but the last one was rather loud.
"Tai," said Agumon "You don't wanna fall asleep on your first night watch."
"My eyes won't stay open," Tai yawned, getting up "I'm going to the lake and splash some water on my face..." Amaya chuckled quietly; Tai was so tired he couldn't talk straight. The only problem was that Tai was walking rather close to where Amaya had felt Matt go just a short while ago. Amaya froze, for a moment she could have sworn she had felt something, something big and annoyed, but then it faded into nothing again. She decided to ignore it and finish packing up, once she was done she stood up and looked off towards where Tai and Matt were talking, she couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could feel their emotions. At first Tai had been startled, then annoyed, then confused, then understanding, and then confused again. Matt had started off calm, then apologetic, then sad, and finally annoyed and hurt. Amaya sighed as she watched Matt run across the bridge and over to the shore, would those two ever get along? She didn't like that Tai was constantly upsetting Matt, but she also knew that Matt was rather easily upset; he carried a lot of bitterness and hurt in him and it was easily brought to the surface.
"Matt's a little strange," Tai told Agumon as he came back over to the fire, temporarily forgetting about Amaya.
"And you're a little insensitive," Amaya pointed out, making him jump "but that's ok, I'm sure you'll understand eventually..." Before Tai could reply the sound of a harmonica cut through the air. They turned and saw Matt sitting on the shore, playing his harmonica. Amaya watched Gabumon make his way out of the trolley car, across the bridge, and over to Matt.
"What a wonderful sound!" Gabumon's voice was loud enough that Amaya, Alopexmon, Tai, and Agumon could all hear him clearly. Tai and Agumon sat back down facing the fire while Amaya sat down a short while behind him with her head resting on her knees.
"Maybe to a Saint Bernard with a horn on his forehead," Tai grumbled. Amaya glared and tossed a pebble so it hit the back of Tai's head.
"What?" Tai whined.
"It's soothing," said Amaya as Alopexmon leaned slightly against her side, and it really was. She could remember several nights when she had fallen asleep to Matt's playing. It made her feel safe, well as safe as she ever felt. A short while later Tai leaned forward to adjust some of the wood inside the fire with a stick, and accidently caused a burning stick to get knocked out of the fire and land a short ways off.
"Wow, watch out for the fire spark," he called. The stick landed and Amaya felt that presence she had felt earlier, but this time it wasn't annoyed, it was angry! The whole island started to rumble and shake, causing the fire to go out and Agumon to topple over.
"Hey!" Tai cried, jumping to his feet along with Amaya and Alopexmon. Amaya could hear Gomamon cry out from the inside of the trolley car, but her eyes were focused on the whirlpool forming in front of the island, that was where the angry presence was coming from! Then, out of the whirlpool, shot a huge water serpent looking creature. Its body was teal with red stripes and it had a white, scaled underside while its head had yellow armor on top with a yellow fin sticking out each side of its head. It had several smaller fins positioned periodically along its body and it was growling angrily at the group on the island. Amaya could see Matt and Gabumon behind it on the shore as Tai and Agumon screamed. She felt like screaming too, but her voice didn't appear to be working, her own fear as well as that from Tai, Agumon, and all the others in the trolley car had her nearly frozen. The only time they had been this scared before was with Kawagamon, and that was because they had no idea what was going on. Amaya could hear a jumbled mass of sound coming from the trolley car, but the only thing her terrified mind caught was Tentomon's exclamation.
"Oh no, Seadramon!" he cried out. The giant sea creature, Seadramon turned and sped away from the shore, pulling the island along with him and destroying the bridge back to the shore.
"We're gonna get eaten for sure!" Mimi cried
"Hold tight, we're going for a ride," said Agumon
"It's like we're on a monster long board," Tai agreed. The absurdity of their comments snapped Amaya out of the half-daze she had been in.
"He's pulling us along by his tail," said Izzy "I don't think he even realizes we're here."
"Perhaps not," said Tentomon "He's a bit dense; as long as he doesn't see us we should be ok."
"Don't be too sure," Agumon warned. Just then Seadramon stopped and turned back towards them.
"Great," Amaya snapped "you had to go and insult him, now you've made him even angrier!"
"You guys jinxed us," said Tentomon "now he knows we're here.
"What? I didn't do anything." Tai and Agumon denied together. Then the big red thing that had been lying on the ground in front of them flew upwards, flinging Tentomon a short distance.
"I guess he does know we're here," said Izzy
"Wah, that big red thing was his tail!" cried Tai
"It wasn't my fault," Tentomon cried. Seadramon slammed his tail against the island, making the whole thing rock, knocking them all off their feet. Then Seadramon sank under the water and began to swim at the island from underneath.
"He's coming back!" Tai called "And he's not happy."
"Nah," Amaya replied sarcastically "I thought he was just glowing with joy!" Seadramon slammed into the underside of the island, sending it rocking again. The island was speeding towards the other side of the lake, propelled by Seadramon.
"We're gonna crash into the shore!" Joe yelled
"This is really gonna mess up my hair!" Mimi cried
"No, we're gonna crash into-Wa!" Amaya was cut off as they crashed into several of the power towers that were in the water "power towers..." she finished from the ground. She felt Matt's worry turn to determination and turned to see him swimming across the lake towards them. Fear jolted through her, what if Seadramon got him?!
"Great, he left us right in the middle of the lake," said Tai
"I don't suppose we could trick him into taking us back..." said Izzy. Seadramon shot back out of the water and glared at them.
"Get ready," Tai called "He's attacking!"
"Come on you guys!" Agumon called "Let's send him back to the fishies!"
"Spiral twister!"
"Ice barrage!"
"Boom bubble!" The attacks hit, but didn't do anything.
"Poison ivy!" But the vines didn't reach far enough. Tentomon flew up close to Seadramon's head.
"Super shocker!"
"Pepper breath!" None of the attacks were even fazing Seadramon.
"Agumon," Tai called "digivolve!"
"I've been trying, but I can't seem to do it this time, Tai," Agumon replied
"You have to!"
"Maybe my body hasn't recovered from the last fight," Agumon suggested.
" But if you can't help us how are we gonna stop Seadramon?!"
"T.K., Amaya! Over here!" Everyone turned towards the sound of Matt's voice and Amaya started to panic, Matt needed to stop drawing attention to himself before Seadramon noticed him!
"Oh Matt!" T.K. called, running towards him with Gomamon and Amaya right behind him "Matt be careful! Or the monster will get-ah!" Another tremor shook the island, causing T.K. to fall off.
"T.K.!" Both Matt and Amaya called. Gomamon, who had jumped in right after T.K. came back up with T.K. on his back making Amaya breathe a sigh of relief.
"Gomamon, go!" Joe cheered
"Hurry up Matt," Tai called
"Get out fast, it's Seadramon! He's back!" Tentomon warned
"Gomamon, you can do it," Matt told Gomamon while treading water in front of him.
"Right," Gomamon agreed, turning to swim T.K. back to shore. Matt turned and started swimming the other way with Gabumon right behind him.
"Hey!" Matt called to attract Seadramon's attention away from T.K. "Over here you overgrown water lizard!"
"Blue blaster!" Gabumon attempted to distract Seadramon from Matt, but Seadramon sent him flying with his tail before wrapping it around Matt and dragging him under water.
"Matt!" Amaya cried, searching for him desperately in the water.
"It's all my fault," said T.K. "Matt was only trying to save me. I'll never forgive myself."
"Stop talking like he's dead!" Amaya yelled at him
"Oh, no!" said Tai as Seadramon brought Matt out of the water, wrapped up in his tail. From Matt's screams it was easy to tell that Seadramon was holding him tight.
"This is not good," said Tentomon "Seadramon may be a bubble brain, but once he finds his prey he won't let go." Amaya stared at Tentomon in horror before turning to look back at Matt, trying desperately to think of something she could do to help.
"Matt, hang on!" T.K. cried "Patamon, please help him. Hit him with a bubble boom."
"Seadramon's way too big, I just don't have enough power now" said Patamon "Gabumon, you're stronger, how bout you?" Gabumon looked down.
"You're right, Matt is in trouble and I must help."
"Gabumon!" Matt yelled, causing everyone to look back towards him.
"Don't give up!" called "T.K. I'll find a way to save you if it's the last thing I do!"
"Matt, hold on!" called Gabumon before muttering to himself "I don't understand any of this, but I have to save Matt. What's a little stinky fur compared to a friend like him?"
Suddenly the device that Matt had started to glow along with Gabumon.
"Matt!"
"Gabumon!"
"Gabumon, digivolve to...Garurumon!" Where Gabumon had stood was now a large, mostly white wolf with dark blue stripes and with spike like things on his back and head. Garurumon ran and jumped at Seadramon, knocking Matt from his grasp and back into the water before latching his teeth into Seadramon's back. As Seadramon struggled to get Garurumon off of him Matt swam back over to the island where he lay gasping for breath. Seadramon knocked Garurumon off of his back and slapped him down into the water with his tail.
"Are you alright Matt?" asked T.K. as Amaya helped him sit up, watching him worriedly.
"Yeah, but where's Gabumon?" asked Matt, looking out where Seadramon was. Garurumon was swimming in the water and when Seadramon tried to bite him Garurumon hit him with his tail and made him pull back. Then Seadramon tried to smack Garurumon's back, but his tail just bounced back off, leaving Seadramon reeling in pain.
"Garurumon's fur is legendary," Tentomon explained "Its strong as steel, he's like a growling torpedo."
"That's astonishing," said Izzy "than he must be invincible."
"Well that's what I've heard anyway," Tentomon clarified "We'll soon find out."
"I hope you're not exaggerating Tentomon, with another one of your wild fish tales again" said Tai and Amaya fervently agreed.
"He could be," Agumon warned
"But I heard about it," Tentomon objected. Then Seadramon blasted Garurumon with an icy breath that began to coat Garurumon with ice.
"Wa, Seadramon is using his lethal ice blast!" cried Tentomon. But the hadn't needed to worry, Garurumon simply shifted to break the ice around him and returned with his own attack.
"Howling blaster!" A huge wave of blue energy came shooting from Garurumon's mouth, engulfing the ice coming from Seadramon and hitting the large serpent straight in the face. Seadramon roared and sank beneath the waves, smoking and defeated and the whole gang cheered, Matt loudest of all. Garurumon shrank back down to Gabumon and swam back to the island.
"Gabumon!"Matt cried, excited
"Flying's sure a good way to keep my fur dry," Gabumon pointed out
"You digivolved into Garurumon just in time," said Matt
"Ah Gabumon," said T.K. running up and hugging him "thanks for saving my brother." Amaya smiled and nodded from behind Matt, she wasn't too comfortable with letting him out of her sights just yet.
"Any time, little friend," Gabumon reassured T.K.
"Matt, you were so awesome against that monster!" said T.K.
"You think so?" asked Matt, looking up embarrassed.
"You know, you were the man," said Gabumon
"And you're the wolf-man" Matt replied. Everyone laughed, though it was more from relief than from the joke really being funny, but that was ok.
"Ok, very funny," said Joe "but how are we supposed to get back?'
"Just watch," called Gomamon, jumping into the water "fish power!" The fish in the river began to push the island all the way back to shore.
"Cool," Amaya smiled. Once they were all safely back on shore they were much happier.
"Gabumon, may I use you for a pillow?" asked Mimi "I promise, I won't take your fur."
"Actually, there seems to be a pattern here," Izzy pointed out "This time only Gabumon could digivolve."
"Yeah, Izzy's right," said Sora "Agumon was the only one who could do it before."
"You're right," said Tai "It's all beginning to make sense! Agumon digivolved when I was in danger."
"That has to be the answer," said Izzy "our digimon digivolves when we're in trouble."
"Wow, that must be it," said Sora "Oh! Hey, watch it." Mimi had just tipped over onto Sora.
"Is it time to go to the mall?" asked Mimi, half asleep, as Sora pushed her gently back the other way.
"We've been here one day and I think she's put some muscle on her."
"Yeah," said Agumon "maybe if she puts in some effort she can become a hard fighting machine like I am."
"I hope she grows pink wings just like my wings," said Biyomon from up in a tree.
"You must be kidding," Mimi murmured. Everyone else followed Mimi into sleep rather quickly. Joe passed out a short ways off with Gomamon using him as a pillow, Biyomon was asleep in the tree, Agumon and Tentomon were next to each other and Sora and Izzy were leaning on each other's backs for support. Tai was still awake and standing, just watching the others and Amaya went over to Matt and T.K.
A short while later the sound of a harmonica filled the air again and Tai moved over to where he could see. Matt was playing his harmonica while T.K. and Patamon leaned on his right side, Gabumon leaned on his left, and Amaya lay curled up in front of him. All of them but Matt were fast asleep. Tai watched for a while with a small smile on his face before going back over to the others.